Patent SG-11201808072R-A (SG)
Title: A container with inner stiffener for smoking articles, inner stiffener, method
Inventor: CHATELAIN LUCAS
IPC: B65D85/10
Filed: 2017-05-10
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property 11111 1411011101010111110101111 10M01111101111110110111011 1111011110111111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ......0-\"I WO 2017/194621 Al 16 November 2017 (16.11.2017) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, B65D 85/10 (2006.01) KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, (21) International Application Number: MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PCT/EP2017/061216 PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, (22) International Filing Date: TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. 10 May 2017 (10.05.2017) (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (25) Filing Language: English kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (26) Publication Language: English GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, (30) Priority Data: TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, 16169430.2 12 May 2016 (12.05.2016) EP EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, (71) Applicant: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A. TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, [CH/CH]; Quai Jeanrenaud 3, 2000 Neuchatel (CH). KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (72) Inventors: CHATELAIN, Lucas; Route du Jorat 134, 1000 Lausanne 26 (CH). RODRIGUES, Luiz Andre; Rue Declarations under Rule 4.17: des Troncs 18, 2000 Neuchatel (CH). — as to the identity of the inventor (Rule 4.170) — as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a (74) Agent: GRITSCHNEDER, Sebastian et al.; Abitz & Part- patent (Rule 4.17(0 _ ner Patentanwalte mbB, Arabellastr. 17, 81925 Miinchen (DE). Published: = — — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every = _ kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, _ AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, = CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, (54) Title: A = = = 20e = = 30 = = 20 ....0 CONTAINER WITH INNER STIFFENER FOR SMOKING ARTICLES, INNER STIFFENER, METHOD (57) : A container (10) for smoking articles (30) having an outer housing comprising a box (12) and a lid (14) hingedly attached to the box, an inner liner Fig. 1 (20) disposed within the housing, the inner liner defining an interior volume for 26 the smoking articles, the inner liner being sealed around the smoking articles and 24 having an access opening (26) with a closure flap. An inner stiffener (50) having at least side walls (58) hingedly connected to a main panel (52) for at least partially 22 surrounding the smoking articles is provided within the inner liner, the main panel --_,_ (52) being hingedly connected to a bottom panel (54) that includes a stepped region (60) for receiving at least part of a smoking article provided in line with the access opening (26). = 14 = _ 20a 1-1 .4 - 71- t:T 60= 1-1 IN 1-1 0 ei N 1 i 1. .., , , \ s I • s s )' 50 1,1 HI 18 1:1 ;I a 20c d 0 . 12 — 54 O